Reprint

Driving Sustainability through Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Edited by
August 2021
156 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-1532-8 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-1531-1 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Driving Sustainability through Engineering Management and Systems Engineering that was published in

Business & Economics
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary

Despite the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge of realizing sustainability across the triple bottom line of social, environmental, and economic development remains an urgent priority. If anything, it is now imperative that we work towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the global challenges are significant. Many of the societal challenges represent complex problems that require multifaceted solutions drawing on multidisciplinary approaches. Engineering management involves the management of people and projects related to technological or engineering systems—this includes project management, engineering economy and technology management, as well as the management and leadership of teams. Systems engineering involves the design, integration and management of complex systems over the full life cycle—this includes requirements capture and integrated system design, as well as modelling and simulation. In addition to the theoretical underpinnings of both disciplines, they also provide a range of tools and techniques that can be used to address technological and organisational complexity. The disciplines of engineering management and systems engineering are therefore ideally suited to help tackle both the challenges and the opportunities associated with realising a sustainable future for all. This Reprint provides new insights on how engineering management and systems engineering can be utilised as part of the journey towards sustainability. The book includes a discussion of a broad range of different approaches to investigate sustainability through utilising quantitative, qualitative and conceptual methodologies. It will be of interest to researchers and students focused on the field of sustainability as well as practitioners concerned with devising strategies for sustainable development.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
sustainability; project success; business–society; business models; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); sustainable development; infrastructure project; fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; project selection; sustainable projects; multi-criteria decision making; COVID-19; food and beverage; manufacturing; sustainability; complexity theory; engineering management; management; sustainability; conceptual; carbon neutral; electric vehicle; vehicle-to-grid; renewable energy; smart charging; net-zero; circular economy; design methods; whole systems thinking; data centre industry; n/a